PHSC 401 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Spinning Wheel, Putrefaction, Manorialism
31 Jan 2017
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Public health in late antiquity and the middle ages. Secondary sources: hansen, water and wastewater systems in imperial rome, pp. Little, plague and the end of antiquity (chapter 1), pp. Hansen and little are available on canvas as downloadable pdfs) Primary sources: giovanni boccaccio, the decameron, introduction; stefani and buonacorsi, Plague forces cities to develop laws to protect the public health, pp. 36-44 (use the readings on canvas, available as downloadable pdfs) 1-9 (alana: what impact did the water and wastewater systems have on public health in ancient. Water from the tiber river, local springs, and shallow wells use for drinking water grew polluted. Aqueducts required extensive and frequent repairs, which entailed lengthy interruptions, in the case of aqua claudia, had 9 years of disuse. Water from catch-basins were distributed through lead pipes (fistulae); the use of lead in lead pipes could have lead to lead poisoning. Most romans were obliged to get domestic water from public fountains.
